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that any balls, bars or stars, etc, used, should be gold for current officers and silver for retired officers. IX: AMENDMENT OF GENERAL RULES A. Rules Committee. Before each change of administration, a Rules Committee shall be formed by the IVC as incoming IC. The committee shall be chaired by the IVC and be composed of the incumbent Executive Committee and other members as appointed by the Executive Committee. The committee shall review the General Rules and may propose any revisions for general updating or specific changes. Proposed changes shall be circulated to the membership and shall be presented for approval at the AGM. B. IYFR Members. Members wishing to propose alterations, additions, or deletions from the Rules may do so by gaining a majority decision from a meeting of the originator’s own fleet, whereupon the Fleet Secretary should submit proposals to the IRC (Admin) not later than 16 April in any year. Independent Members, International Officers or PICs may submit proposed amendments directly to the IRC (Admin). Proposals shall be circulated to the Executive Committee and, with the Executive Committee’s recommendation to approve or not approve, circulated and presented to the membership at the AGM. X: CERTIFICATION These rules were approved as amended by the membership at the Annual General Meeting held in Osaka, Japan on May 25, 2004. Signed: By ______________________________________________ Ferit Biren, International Commodore 2003-2005 By ______________________________________________ Bill Robinson, International Vice Commodore 2003-2005 16
HISTORY OF IYFR The International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians, formed in 1947 in Great Britain, is recognized as the oldest of the Rotary Fellowships. It was to become the first of many recreational fellowships formed with the World Fellowship Activities of Rotary International. In 1947, Rotarian John G. Barrett of the Brixton Rotary Club of London, England, conceived the idea of flying a burgee bearing the Rotary emblem on the masthead of his vessel. He enlisted the help of fellow Rotarians from his own and neighboring clubs and proposed a new yachting association of Rotarians. Rotary International approved this new Rotary recreational fellowship under the name “The Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians.” This fellowship quickly spread all over Great Britain and then throughout the world. In 1956 at the Rotary International Convention, the first International Commodore from outside Great Britain was elected. Bob Stuart of Chicago, Illinois, USA, took over the helm. It was also about this time that the fellowship name was changed to “The International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians.” The first international rendezvous of IYFR was held in 1964 in conjunction with the Rotary International Convention of Toronto, Canada. Since that time, the fellowship has expanded greatly with new fleets being added under the enthusiastic leadership of the many Past International Commodores who have been elected from a diversity of countries within the world of Rotary. The Golden Anniversary of IYFR was celebrated in 1997 at the RI Convention in Glasgow, Scotland. Past International Commodore Andrew Mitchell authored, produced and distributed copies of the ‘Golden Jubilee 1947-1997’, a book commemorating the fifty years of IYFR history. An IYFR trophy which is presented to each incoming International Commodore, “The John Barrett Bell,” was made by one of the founding fellowship members, Denis Dalby, and presented to the fellowship in honor of our Founder, Commodore John G. Barrett. Today, we are not only the oldest but probably the largest of the Rotary fellowships, according to Rotary International. Over time, we have lost some of our earlier established local Rotary yachting fleets, however we constantly continue to charter new ones. There are about 100 active Rotary yachting fleets in 19 countries throughout the world: Australia, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA. Our membership is in the region of 3000 members, including about 250 ‘Independent Members’ who are not affiliated with any of the fleets. 17
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